In Big Two Hearted River, Ernest Hemingway used his experiences living during the war and the problems he had when he was injured in the war. As soon as Nick got off the train, the reader could feel the disappointment Nick had and the realization that he was a tormented soul. At the same time this was Nick's way of pampering himself while remaining close to nature and the simpler things in life. No matter how happy Nick would be, he will continue to have flashbacks of the things he's done and the friends he's lost along the way. Throughout Hemingway's story, Nick will continue to overcome his war-related problems by camping and taking food from the river and the reader will be able to see Nick's pain and happiness. When Nick looks at the burned city and all the black ash everywhere, not a building standing but old burned wood. The only thing still standing was the old Mansion hotel and it was still destroyed. Hemingway used the city to help the reader understand that this is the new beginning in Nick's life. The example he used is simple (new beginning). Just as nature would have done if it had burned a forest, it would rebuild itself. Hemingway continues to write about Nick being happy with the things he has seen. After Nick found his campsite and built a fire, he decided to eat. Hemingway explains what Nick had eaten and explains what Nick was thinking when he decided to make coffee. During the war Nick had a friend named Hopkins. Hopkins was a big coffee drinker and Nick was not. When Nick decided to make coffee, it reminded him of an argument Hopkins and Nick had gotten into regarding how coffee was supposed to be brewed. “He couldn't remember how he made the coffee. He could remember a… half a sheet… Nick's hand was shaking. It slowly restarted. The emotion had been too much. He felt vaguely a little sick, as if it were better to sit down." (Hemingway 1925)After the event with the fish Nick was tired from haste and happiness. Nick moved on to catch two more fish and cleans them to eat later. “Nick cleaned them, cutting them from the opening to the tip of the jaw. All internal parts, gills and tongue came out whole. They were both male; long grey-white milky streaks, smooth and clean. All clean and compact interior, it all comes out together. Nick threw the offal ashore for the minks to find. (Hemingway 1925) Throughout the cleaning Nick's movements emerge in different ways. When he cleans the fish, he realizes that his thoughts of unhappiness and being clean will also and as the days go by, so will Nick and his movements..